Bible Cross References
the fig tree
Isaiah 5:2-4
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He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
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So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.
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Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
Jeremiah 2:21
I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.
Matthew 7:16-20
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You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
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A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
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A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
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And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.
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So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
Matthew 12:33
"To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears.
Luke 6:43
"A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit.
Luke 6:44
Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.
Romans 11:16-18
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If the first piece of bread is given to God, then the whole loaf is his also; and if the roots of a tree are offered to God, the branches are his also.
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Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews.
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So then, you must not despise those who were broken off like branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you don't support the roots---the roots support you.
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Exodus 15:23-25
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Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.
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The people complained to Moses and asked, "What are we going to drink?"
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Moses prayed earnestly to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood, which he threw into the water; and the water became fit to drink. There the LORD gave them laws to live by, and there he also tested them.
2 Kings 2:19-22
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Some men from Jericho went to Elisha and said, "As you know, sir, this is a fine city, but the water is bad and causes miscarriages."
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"Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me," he ordered. They brought it to him,
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and he went to the spring, threw the salt in the water, and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'I make this water pure, and it will not cause any more deaths or miscarriages.' "
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And that water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.
Ezekiel 47:8-11
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He said to me, "This water flows through the land to the east and down into the Jordan Valley and to the Dead Sea. When it flows into the Dead Sea, it replaces the salt water of that sea with fresh water.
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Wherever the stream flows, there will be all kinds of animals and fish. The stream will make the water of the Dead Sea fresh, and wherever it flows, it will bring life.
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From the Springs of Engedi all the way to the Springs of Eneglaim, there will be fishermen on the shore of the sea, and they will spread out their nets there to dry. There will be as many different kinds of fish there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
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But the water in the marshes and ponds along the shore will not be made fresh. They will remain there as a source of salt.